Comments on: Scott Administration Wants More Restrictions On Marijuana Proposal

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 12:09:12 +0000

As a republican and cannabis user, I will only support those who are for freeing this plant. I am an educated woman who uses marijuana medically, socially, and I even juice the product.

By: indica

indica — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 20:38:59 +0000

Gov. Scott, I will be voting against you and anyone else who is against legalizing this harmless plant known as marijuana. Focus on alcohol and cigarettes and all of the other things that kill or mess people up. I have been using marijuana since I was 14 and I am now 35. I have no problems and still smoke every single day I can. I would pay $1,000 a year to be able to legally grow my own marijuana just for me and nobody else would have access to it. I want to smoke without having to hide it and I could care less about making any money off of it.

By: Anthony Lorenzo

Anthony Lorenzo — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 17:56:22 +0000

Governor Scott needs to leave the health care to the professionals and represent the people, over 70% of which support medical marijuana. The idea that sick people should wait on bureaucracy to allow the use of a substance with hundreds, if not thousands of years of safe use in treating many conditions is preposterous. One only needs to look at a pharmacoepia pre-dating 1937 to find all the things that doctors had already determined that cannabis treats. Considering that the government has obstructed research of this substance for over 40 years, the people are no longer willing to wait on a broken system that has the National Institute on Drug Abuse (major conflict of interest) controlling the dispensing of research materials. Since Scott can’t positively affect any of this from his current position as governor–not to mention the conflict of interest of him owning stake in the drug testing industry who’s profits are threatened by this measure–Governor Scott really should be discarded as an authority on this subject or anyone who’s opinion is even of noteworthiness.

By: Ahead_Rings_Out

Ahead_Rings_Out — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 16:04:30 +0000

The conservatives / Tea Party / Republicans in Tallahassee are completely stymied by this issue. It’s scary to see that as little as they know about the subject, they are the ones who are ultimately responsible for the implementation of this law (if they ever get their act together) and also the change in the State’s constitution come Election Day. Honestly, they’re like deer in the headlights! While we’re at it this November, can we please elect legislators who can simply put the new law in place? How hard can it be – there are already many states ahead of us that have already done this and none of their legislators got a “brain strain” in doing so….

By: sonny

sonny — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 14:40:55 +0000

The drug testing is a family business for gov. scott and that should be against the law for him to push it while in office.In november lets vote no for scott and yes for medical marijuana. (please) and thank you

By: Government issues

Government issues — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 01:24:05 +0000

The one an only reason it’s not 100% legal in the U.S is because the government has not found out how to tax it! How do they expect to make there money when you can grow it in your back yard for free, same thing with making moonshine, they are just upset they won’t get there cut!!!!

By: Henry Coe

Henry Coe — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 00:58:36 +0000

Rick Scott owns clinics that make money off drug testing and Rick Scott and his wife stand to lose money if Marijuana was legalized in Florida. Also Rick Scott is still pushing for the idea of drug testing anyone receiving help from the state which would not be Constitutional or cost effective but it would help Rick Scott’s clinics make money off our tax dollars.
It’s also very likely that Scott and his friends are heavily invested in big pharmaceutical manufacturing companies that don’t sell marijuana as medication and they don’t want to compete against people who might decide to use Marijuana for pain management or any of the other medicinal reasons people would use pot.
Florida stands to make tax revenue we desperately need if we legalized it for recreational uses and we would save a lot by not keeping people in jails for non-violent drug offenses.

By: perdido fisherman

perdido fisherman — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 00:01:45 +0000

The Governor and Attorney General do not care what the people of Florida want, they do not want medical marijuana in this state no matter who benefits from it, young or old. I will not be voting for this fraudster in the up coming election. He is a known crook.

By: Rufus Lowgun

Rufus Lowgun — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 21:54:36 +0000

would it really be so bad if people who were ill could get a little euphoria out of the deal along with the medicinal benefits?

By: molino jim

molino jim — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 20:24:07 +0000

It is odds that many other states have the user information— but Florida wants to reinvent the wheel. The governor pushed for and got an extra one million dollars to do a study— I guess there must be a company some where that Scott or family has an interest in.